Truentus

Latin

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *drem- (“to run”). Compare other hydronyms like Druma, Dramme and Dremse.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /truˈen.tus/, [t̪ruˈɛn̪t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /truˈen.tus/, [t̪ruˈɛn̪t̪us]

The river near its spring

Proper noun

Truentus m sg (genitive Truentī); second declension

1. One of the most important rivers of Picenum, which flows into the Adriatic Sea near the city of Truentum, now the river Tronto

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Truentus
genitive	Truentī
dative	Truentō
accusative	Truentum
ablative	Truentō
vocative	Truente

References

• “Truentus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Truentus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.